The Democratic Party of Japan --DPJ, actual real name!--is planning to give families ¥26,000 (about $250) per month per child through junior high. The DPJ swept the Diet and will elect a new Prime Minister. "The Democrats are also proposing toll-free highways, free high schools, income support for farmers, monthly allowances for job seekers in training, a higher minimum wage and tax cuts." The cash-for-kids thing--Japan's problem with its birth rate has little to do with expenses and a lot to... read more
